The new production has garnered some serious heat as critics accuse the program of anti-Semitism.

An opera written in 1991 about the murder of a disabled American Jew named Leon Klinghoffer, 69, the narrative details the events that transpired on a cruise ship hijacked by terrorists.

Senator Cruz confirmed on Tuesday that he would join the protests outside Lincoln Center, but quickly rescinded his claim, per a spokesman for the event's organizers, Ron Torossian.

"The senator received an informal invitation today and we have not confirmed his attendance," said Cruz spokesperson Catherine Frazier.

Getting behind the event, also, is Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, said Torossian, as well as other New York political figures and leaders of the Zionist Organization of America and the Catholic League.